Contact The Skunk Whisperer®

The Wood Box Bat House

Bats are dangerous in the house, however, we believe they can be of great service when living outside the home. The feeding diet common to oklahoma bats consists mainly of insects and fruits.

Bats are incredible hunters and often chase down their prey while in flight. The mosquito is one of the bat’s favorite foods and just one bat can consume thousands of mosquitoes every night.

In fact, only .05% of bats carry rabies, whereas mosquitoes carry many more possibilities for disease, illness and infection.

Having a bat house, also called a box, is not only a great way to make your back yard more enjoyable through affordable mosquito control, but it’s also great way to be an integral part of mother nature and support wildlife and bat conservation at the same time.

The Benefits Of Bat Boxes – Reasons To Have One

• Bat house prices are much less expensive than a propane mosquito eating unit.
• Bats are more effective and reliable than mosquito repellants.
• Bats are more effective at keeping mosquito populations down compared to an
  automatic yard bug spraying system or expensive pest control service.
• Support bat conservation, bats are a valuable asset to our essential ecosystem and are fun to watch.
• Installing a bat house will prove that our bat exclusion was done properly – the first time.

Bat House Plans, Installation and Getting Established

Installing boxes helps support bat conservation and they offer an affordable mosquito control method. That’s why we feel they can be a valuable part of any exclusion or attic bat removal services. Boxes encourage bats to stay around and help with potential mosquito problems and help balance the ecosystem. In other words, even if you are removing bats from inside your home, it is nice to give them a roosting spot outside.

We recommend installing 2 bat houses on or close to your home, at least 15′ high, one in the sun and one in the shade. It can take anywhere from a few days to several years to see occupancy in your bat boxes.

When The Skunk Whisperer® does a full bat exclusion on a commercial building or home, we typically install at least two bat houses on the building at no charge. If our clients want to retain their bats, we want to encourage that and at the same time, prove to you that we did a great job at sealing up the building and bat-proofing it.

Choose your boxes carefully, as not all houses are created equal. Do not buy junk, unproven houses. You will be disappointed. Look for quality in design and plan ahead, a 300 bat capacity may sound like a lot of bats, but actually, it is not. The more, the merrier. More bats equal more fun, and fewer mosquitoes. You can expect to pay $75 plus for a quality 3 tiered bat house that consistently has an 80% occupancy rate.

There are places to go to find plans if you want to design and build your own wooden box, however, chances are if it is not tested by a wildlife expert in the process, you may not get the results you want.

It is nice to have a frilly, nice and neatly painted bat house – but, whose house is it? Bat boxes must be designed not only to attract bats, but for maximum occupancy as well. The Skunk Whisperer® used to only install the type of bat houses seen in the top photo. Although the houses did have an 80% occupancy rate, Ned Bruha wanted a more affordable, locally made bat house constructed of reclaimed cedar for all of his bat clients. After installing over 100 bat houses like those shown in the photo to the right and having similar, if not better results at a small fraction of the price, Bruha approached Wild Heart Ranch and asked them to manufacture and sell the bat houses. The Skunk Whisperer® now buys their bat houses from Wild Heart Ranch, too! contact Wild Heart Ranch

We would be happy to assist you if you do not wish to set them up yourself, and we often install and bait houses for our clients and like to include them as part of our exclusion services. If you are interested in buying a box from us, or would like help with installation please contact the Skunk Whisperer® to make arrangements.

browse our site

Tulsa, Grand Lake & Corporate Office

9521 B Riverside Parkway Suite #343
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137-7422
info@totalwildlifecontrol.com
918-261-4444

We Accept
*More Payment Options Available Online Via PayPal - For Tulsa Area Clients Only

Use the buttton below to pay with PayPal

Oklahoma City, Edmond & Norman

705 S. Mustang Rd., Suite 443
Yukon, Oklahoma 73099
okc@totalwildlifecontrol.com
405-905-9453
We Accept
*Sorry, But PayPal Payments Are Not Yet Available For OKC Area Clients